Archives Of The Universe(ISBN=9780375713682)

　　An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe.
　　From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.

1. THE ANCIENT SKY
　1 Mayan Venus Tables
　2 Proof That the Earth Is a Sphere
　3 Celestial Surveying
　4 Measuring the Earth's Circumference
　5 Precession of the Equinoxes
　6 Ptolemy's Almagest
2. REVOLUTIONS
　7 Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Universe
　8 Tycho Brahe and the Changing Heavens
　9 Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion
　10 Galileo Initiates the Telescopic Era
　11 Newton's Universal Law of Gravity
　12 Halley's Comet
　13 Binary Stars
3. TAKING MEASURE
　14 The Speed of Light
　15 The Solar System's Origin
　16 Discovery of Uranus
　17 Stars Moving and Changing
　18 The First Asteroid
　19 Distance to a Star
　20 Discovery of Neptune
　21 The Shape of the MilkyWay
　22 Spiraling Nebulae
4. TOUCHING THE HEAVENS
　23 Spectral Lines
　24 Deciphering the Solar Spectrum
　25 Gaseous Nebulae
　26 Doppler Shifts and Spectroscopic Binaries
　27 Classification of the Stars
　28 Giant Stars and Dwarf Stars
　29 Hydrogen: The Prime Element
　30 Stellar Mass, Luminosity, and Stability
　31 Sunspot Cycle, Sun/Earth Connection, and Helium
　32 Origin of Meteors and Shooting Stars
　33 Cosmic Rays
　34 Discovery of Pluto
5. EINSTEINIAN COSMOS
　35 Special Relativity and E = mc2
　36 General Relativity and the Solar Eclipse Test
　37 Relativistic Models of the Universe
　38 Big Bang Versus Steady State
　39 White DwaffStars
　40 Beyond the White Dwarf
　41 Supernovae and Neutron Stars
　42 Black Holes
　43 Source of Stellar Power
　44 Creating Elements in the Big Bang
　45 Cosmic Microwave Background Predicted
　46 Creating Elements in the Stars
　47 A Star's Life Cycle
6. NEW EYES,NEW UNIVERSE
7. ACCELERATING OUTWARD
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index